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Tag Archives: workshop fire
Adze, bowl knife and other handles
Anyone getting tired yet of seeing photos of my tools post-fire? Fear not dear reader, I’m nearly at the end now. Later this week I’m teaching a 1-to-1 course on green wood bowl carving for Sam Robinson, one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged adze, Bill Hogarth apprentice, bowl carving, green wood, hand carved, handle, hook knife, workshop fire
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Rust cleaning
It’s summertime and the living is a bit hectic but exciting with all the current scythe goings-on so not much time for making. Charlie and I are getting close to finishing the cleft-oak signposts and, when I get a spare … Continue reading
Heat-treating tools with Robin Wood
During the fire in the workshop, the heat of the flames caused the metal in my tools to soften so the first step in repairing them is to heat-treat them to the correct hardness. I’ve done a little bit of … Continue reading
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Tagged heat treating, Robin Wood, tempering, workshop fire
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Workshop fire
I’ve recently moved house and so have been using space in a friend’s barn to do some of my own greenwood work. On Saturday morning I got a phone message saying there’d been a fire in the barn in the area … Continue reading